On August 8, 1503, King James IV married 13-year-old Margaret Tudor, the daughter of King Henry VII of England, at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. The couple had six children, but only the future King James V survived infancy. This union, often referred to as the “thistle and the rose,” by the poet William Dunbar was a political alliance that solidified the Treaty of Perpetual Peace, signed in 1502, which aimed to end generations of bitter Anglo-Scottish border warfare. However, this “perpetual” peace lasted only a decade. In 1513, following his alliance with France, James IV invaded England and was killed at the Battle of Flodden, leaving Margaret a widow at the age of 23.